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Commence- mout.
Amendment of prIuclpal Act,
•. 16-- Powers and fIIIIctIons of the Board.
Amendment of prlnclpal Act, .. 23- ReaulatIons.
ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO
ELIZABETHAE 11 REGINAE
A.D.
1978*******************************************************~
No. 30 of 1978
An Act to amend the Art Gallery Act, 1939-1976.
[Assented to 6th April, 1978]
BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows:
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Art Gallery Act Amendment Act, 1978".
(2) The Art Gallery Act, 1939-1976, is hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".
(3) The principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the "Art Gallery Act, 1939-1978".
2. This Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (b) of subsection (3) the following paragraphs:-
(c) establish and maintain refreshment and eating amenities in or in
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connection with the art gallery;
(d) establish and maintain facilities for the purchase by the public of books, papers, prints, postcards, reproductions, replicas, pro- motional material and other articles in connection with works of art or craft and the art gallery;
(e) enter into any contract with any person or body of persons with respect to the performance or exercise of any part of its functions and powers under this Act.
4. Section 23 of the principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after paragraph VI the following paragraph:-
VIA. For regulating, restricting or prohibiting the driving or parking of motor vehicles on land vested in or under the control of the board:;
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(b) by striking out from paragraph VB the passage "forty dollars"
and inserting in lieu thereof the passage "five hundred dollars";
and
(c) by inserting after the present contents (which are hereby designated subsection (1) thereof) the following subsections:-
(2) In any proceedings in respect of an offence against a regulation-
(a) an allegation in a complaint that a person named therein was the owner of a vehicle referred to therein on a specified day shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary;
and
(b) where it is proved that a vehicle was parked on land vested in or under the control of the board in contravention of a regulation, it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the vehicle was so parked by the owner of the vehicle.
(3) Where it is alleged that a person has committed an offence against a regulation relating to vehicular traffic or the parking of motor vehicles, the board may cause to be served personally or by post upon that person a notice to the effect that he may expiate the offence by payment to the board of an amount specified in the notice, being an amount fixed by regulation, within a time fixed by the notice, and if the offence is expiated no proceedings shall be commenced in any court with respect to the alleged offence.
In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty:, I hereby assent to this Bill.
K. SEAMAN, Governor
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